More rocks today. Right now we are arriving at Horse Shoe Island. We’vebeen pretty successful so far. One more day of rocks and we’ll be back tocoring for mud at the third station.

A fur seal supervises rock collecting.

Hey Dave, what did that rock ever do to you?

Rebecca came back to the ship last night with a bucket full ofinvertebrates. The ROV proved fully functional and effective. They hadincredibly good luck on the initial deployment. When they dropped it intothe water, there was soft bottom. They were able to use the arm and goodybag to gather sea urchins, brittle stars and a nudibranch. Then like allgood luck, it had to end. The next two spots were rocky and too deep.The ship them back, and we were off. The animals are happily munchinglabeled algae as we write.

Andrew, Karin, and Sarah look pretty happy to be taking a ride on the zodiac.